Evidence for selection at HIV host susceptibility genes in a West Central African human population
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>HIV-1 derives from multiple independent transfers of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains from chimpanzees to human populations. We hypothesized that human populations in west central Africa may have been exposed to SIV prior...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2012-12-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/237 |